Thomas Viscount Anson.
Painted by T. Phillips Esqr R.A. Engraved by C. Turner, Member of the American Academy of Fine Arts.
London Published April 24, 1823 by Mr. Turner 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 546 x 386mm (21½ x 15¼"). Cut, losing part of publication line' stain lower right.
Portrait, three-quarter length, seated in an armchair in a room with pillars, shelves of books, a sculpted bust, and archway; wearing a dark double-breasted coat, light waistcoat and neckerchief; holding a plan above his knees; on left, portfolio with scraped lettering "T.P. 1819"; on right, a table with papers, books, inkstand, inkwells and pens. Engraved from a portrait by Phillips now in Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire. Thomas William Anson (1795-1854), 1st Earl of Lichfield, known as The Viscount Anson from 1818 to 1831, was a British Whig politician who served under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as the Master of the Buckhounds and later as Postmaster General.
Ex Collection: The Late Hon.ble Christopher Lennox-Boyd. NPG: D37327. Whitman: 18, ii.
[Ref: 28771] £180.00
London Published April 24, 1823 by Mr. Turner 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 546 x 386mm (21½ x 15¼"). Cut, losing part of publication line' stain lower right.
Portrait, three-quarter length, seated in an armchair in a room with pillars, shelves of books, a sculpted bust, and archway; wearing a dark double-breasted coat, light waistcoat and neckerchief; holding a plan above his knees; on left, portfolio with scraped lettering "T.P. 1819"; on right, a table with papers, books, inkstand, inkwells and pens. Engraved from a portrait by Phillips now in Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire. Thomas William Anson (1795-1854), 1st Earl of Lichfield, known as The Viscount Anson from 1818 to 1831, was a British Whig politician who served under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as the Master of the Buckhounds and later as Postmaster General.
Ex Collection: The Late Hon.ble Christopher Lennox-Boyd. NPG: D37327. Whitman: 18, ii.
[Ref: 28771] £180.00